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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6113206" data-attributes="member: 1">Derren, you are massively underestimating the challenge here.&nbsp; An atomic bomb is not remotely comparable in terms of resources.Look, you can keep repeating your claim over and over, and you've even progressed to repeating it and demanding that I prove it wrong, but that's not going to make it true.&nbsp; YOu're imagning capability and resources which this planet does not have.&nbsp; The idea that we could launch thousands of vehicles to Mars is preposterous.&nbsp; The idea that I have to prove that it's preposterous is even more preposterous.&nbsp; Your claim; prove it's not.&nbsp; Show us how we can launch thousands of vehicles to Mars.It's not comparable.&nbsp; I know you want it to be, but it's not.&nbsp; Just as am amusing aside, check this out:<a href="http://distancetomars.com/" target="_blank">http://distancetomars.com/</a>The fact that the US managed to spend a decade developing the ability to send a man to the moon a few times (impressive, yes, but an order of magnitude incomparable) doesn't mean that we can send thousands of probes to Mars.&nbsp; Do you know how much Curiosity cost?&nbsp; £2.5 billion.&nbsp; To send one.&nbsp; So to send thousands? That's thousands of billions.&nbsp; That sort of money doesn't exist.&nbsp; The cost of Iraq in the last ten years is under $100bn and it's bankrupted the world.&nbsp; Where's the money for a hundred times that going to come from?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6113206, member: 1"] Derren, you are m[I]assively [/I]underestimating the challenge here. An atomic bomb is not remotely comparable in terms of resources. Look, you can keep repeating your claim over and over, and you've even progressed to repeating it and demanding that I prove it wrong, but that's not going to make it true. YOu're imagning capability and resources which this planet [I]does not have.[/I] The idea that we could launch thousands of vehicles to Mars is preposterous. The idea that I have to [U]prove[/U] that it's preposterous is even more preposterous. Your claim; prove it's not. Show us how we can launch thousands of vehicles to Mars. It's not comparable. I know you want it to be, but it's not. Just as am amusing aside, check this out: [URL]http://distancetomars.com/[/URL] The fact that the US managed to spend a decade developing the ability to send a man to the moon a few times (impressive, yes, but an order of magnitude incomparable) doesn't mean that we can send thousands of probes to Mars. Do you know how much Curiosity cost? £2.5 [I]billion[/I]. To send [I]one[/I]. So to send thousands? That's [I]thousands of billions[/I]. That sort of money doesn't exist. The cost of Iraq in the last ten years is under $100bn and it's bankrupted the world. Where's the money for a hundred times that going to come from? [/QUOTE]

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